Outlining Text

This can be done with small text or large. It’s particularly useful for when text won’t show up clearly otherwise.

Step 1

Open up a new image and colour it black or whatever you would like your outline colour to be.

Step 2

Click , and then click your image and type in the text you want. Make sure you pick a different colour to the one you already chose.

Step 3

Your text will have a floating dotted line around it, so now go to ‘Selections’ > ‘Modify’ > ‘Expand’, and choose either 1 or 2 pixels. Press ‘Ok’.

Step 4

Right click your text and press copy, then paste as a new image. Your text should now have a border around it! It should look like this:

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